Allspice Cinnamon Chip Streusel Muffins

Mondays aren’t normally my favorite day of the week, but this Monday is different. After being confined to my house and my couch for two weeks due to a foot injury, it’s good to get back to my normal life (even if that means going back to work).

I jammed my foot on a rock almost three weeks ago and what I thought was a broken bone was actually a pretty serious infection. I would have never thought jamming your foot on a rock would lead to an infection. The first time I ever walk around my parents’ back yard barefoot, and I end up with two infected toes. If it’s going to happen, it’s going to happen to me.

Not being able to walk meant no cooking or baking, which just about killed me. I’m not equipped for sitting still and watching television all day. I’m accustomed to being active, running around like a crazy person in order to fit everything into my day, and being in the kitchen. Naturally, I got a bit sad and I may have eaten an entire box of Entenmann’s crumb donuts to make myself feel better.

I adapted this week’s muffin recipe slightly by adding a handful of cinnamon chips and some orange zest and juice. You don’t know how happy I was to get back into the kitchen and make these Allspice Cinnamon Chip Streusel Muffins. I was giddy with excitement.

The warmth of the allspice warms the soul of these chilly fall mornings, and the cinnamon chips give the muffins an extra burst of spicy sweetness.

These muffins get a generous sprinkling of brown sugar and allspice streusel that creates a lovely sweet crunch on top of the muffin.

I’m so sorry to hear about your foot! And not being able to cook is a food blogger’s nightmare. Anyway, these muffins look amazing. I love using cinnamon chips (I don’t get to use it enough)! And your liners are super cute.

Glad to hear you are doing better! That’s such a crazy and scary story. I often feel that if it’s possible for something to happen it will happen to me too. I love muffins and these are so unique and yummy looking :)

What a perfect way to start a Monday. If I may, I’d like to invite you to submit your photos to the new YumGoggle, a photo sharing site with the philosophy that if you worked hard to cook it and photograph it, we should show it off! Hope to see you there soon!http://www.yumgoggle.com/gallery/

i love these muffins! I could have used a few this past monday, which was rainy, chilly, and perfect for cinnamon chippy goodness. orange and cinnamon are one of my favorite flavor combos, and allspice just makes me happy. I’ve been throwing it randomly in things recently, just because.

how cute are the muffin cups you’ve been using? too cute. yay for muffin mondays!

Aww, your poor foot. I’m happy it’s (mostly) better! And I find it amazing that some people aren’t able to just lounge about in bed and watch TV. I wish I were like that! Because all I want to do is bake, take pictures, and hop back into bed. Your way is definitely better. :)

Those muffins look so good and those liners or whatever-they’re-called are super cute!